Methanol has a light, sharp, alcoholic odor closely resembling ethanol but slightly sweeter and more pungent with a distinct chemical edge. It flashes off almost immediately, leaving little to no residual scent. It is a toxic solvent, not a perfumery aroma material in the conventional sense.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 809.
Colorless mobile liquid.
Miscible with water, alcohol, propylene glycol, glycerin and oils.
Very pure methyl alcohol has only a mild odor, but commercial grade methyl alcohol will usually display a somewhat pungent gassy topnote followed by a sweeter ethereal odor of very poor tenacity.
This alcohol is rarely used as such in perfumes, but it finds use as a solvent for extraction of plant material, resins, etc. for the production of resinoids, concretes, etc. in perfumery.
Produced from Hydrogen plus Carbon monoxide or dioxide. It is also produced by oxidation of hydrocarbons.